Wing Problems
Date1984
Artist
Don Robert Hazlitt
(American painter, born 1948)
MediumOil stick on shaped wood
Dimensions24 × 23 1/2 in. (61 × 59.7 cm)
Credit LineTHE DOROTHY AND HERBERT VOGEL COLLECTION: FIFTY WORKS FOR FIFTY STATES, a joint initiative of the Trustees of the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection and the National Gallery of Art, with generous support of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, 2008
Object number2008-33
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextHaving begun as an Abstract Expressionist painter, Don Hazlitt combines bright colors with a focus on geometric shapes. Like Tuttle, whom the artist admired, Hazlitt experiments with form and places less focus on fine craftsmanship. The title and metallic colors are reminiscent of airplanes and machinery, and reference Cubo-Futurist paintings from the early 20th century.
